Sample Page Title

UNESCO headquarters in Paris. File photoMOSCOW, May 2.Russia was not allowed to participate in the UNESCO conference on freedom of the media, according to the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday. General Assembly of the United Nations. On this occasion, UNESCO, the specialized agency of the UN system for international information cooperation, traditionally holds thematic conferences. Unfortunately, Russia was not allowed to participate in this year's event, «the report says. The Russian Foreign Ministry explained that The UNESCO Secretariat on behalf of the organizers of the forum «under a far-fetched pretext» rejected Russian applications for holding a special session on the impact of large IT companies on the work of the media, as well as for expert speeches in the framework of panel discussions. the list of speakers does not stand up to scrutiny … It is obvious that the UNESCO Secretariat followed the a group of well-known, highly biased countries that are promoting the policy of “cancelling” Russia in the international arena and aiming to clear the information field from points of view that are different from the ultra-liberal attitudes of the “collective West”,» the Russian ministry noted.Absolute «cancel». Council of Europe expelled Russia from the organization